Use ID Badge for 2FA or instead of Password

Question

Hello. Is there a way to use an RFID ID Badge either in place of a password or as a 2FA method? Would it be as simple as buying an RFID Smart Card Reader? If so, anything I should know about doing this? Thanks

Answer 1

Hi @Ryan Avram

Thank you for post!

I understand that you would like to use the RFID ID Badge either in place of a password or 2FA.
The below five password less authentication options that integrate with Microsoft Entra ID

• Windows Hello for Business
• Platform Credential for macOS
• Platform single sign-on (PSSO) for macOS with smart card authentication
• Microsoft Authenticator
• Passkeys (FIDO2)
• Certificate-based authentication

For more info, please refer [Passwordless authentication options for Microsoft Entra ID].
when referring this article Windows smart card sign-in using Microsoft Entra certificate-based authentication.
when the users using the Windows smart card sign-in using Microsoft Entra certificate-based authentication will have the user experience as per below doc says
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/entra/identity/authentication/concept-certificate-based-authentication-smartcard#user-experience

Reference: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/1321181/how-do-i-configure-azure-ad-to-allow-authenticatio
Hope this helps. Do let us know if you any further queries.

Thanks,

Akhilesh.

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